New Web Site Rates Performance of Federal Programs
When President Bush released his spending plan for fiscal 2007 last week, his administration simultaneously unveiled a new Internet site that officials say is aimed at making sure taxpayers know how well, or how poorly, federal programs are working.
The site, www.expectmore.gov , reports on more than 800 federal programs, categorizing them as either “Performing” or “Not Performing.” According to the site, which is managed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, 27 of the Department of Education programs OMB has reviewed are performing, and 47 are not.
Programs are rated according to the government’s Program Assessment Rating Tool, or PART, which the Bush administration has been using for several...
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